The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-29

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him, your hems from him: all tho bright
surroundings Of your life from him. o.
man, what dost thou with that hard hearth
Canst thou not feel ono throb Of graft
tude toward the God that m sde you, and
the Christ who camo TO redeem You. and
the Holy Ghost who has all thsso years
been importuuin9 youi II you could ait
down dve minutes under tbs tree Of .
Saviour's martyrdom and feel His warm
life trickling on YOUR forehead, and
check, and hands, methinks you would
get SONS appreciation Of what you owe
70 crucihsd Jesus.
Heart Of stone, relent, relent
Touched BY Jesus cross subdued:
See his body. mangied, rent
Covered with . gore Of blood.
Sinful soul. what hast thou donef
Crucined the Eternal Son.
Jacob. with . good deal Of tug and
push, took the stone from tn, wolf .
mouth, so that the fl,cks might be
watered. And / would that this morning
nv word, blessed Of Gcd. might remove
the hindrances to your getting up to the
Gospel well. Yea, take it for granted
that the work Is done, and now, like orr
entail shepherds, I proceed to water the
sheep.
Come, all ye thirstyi You have an un-
defined Ion ging in your soul You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried office under Government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sculptures; but works Of art did not
satisfy you.
You are a. much discontented with this
life as the celebrated French author who
felt that he could not any longer endure
the misfortunes Of the world, and who
said:
"At four o'clock this afternoon ] shall
put an end to my own existence. Mean
time, I must toll on up to that time for
the sustenance Of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck four. when he folded up his
manuscript, and, by his own hand. con-
Guided his earthly life. There are men
in this house who are perfectly discon-
tented. Unhappy in the past, unhappy
to-day, TO be unhappy forever, unieNs you
como to this Gospel well. This satisfies
the soul with high, deep. all-absorbing
and eternal satisfaction. 1t comes and IL
offers the most unfortunate man 30
much Of this world a. 10 best for him. and
throws al Heaven in tho bargain. The
wealth Of Cr0sus. and oil the Stewards.
and all tho Bsrings, and all the Ro,hs-
childs Is only . poor, miserable shilling
compared with the eternal fortunes that
Christ offers you to-day.
In the far East there was King who
used once q year to get on a scales, while
on the other side Of the scales were
placed gold, and silver, and gems. In
deed. enough were placed thei Q 10 balance
the King; then, at the close Of the weigh
ing, all those treasures were thrown
among the populace. But Christ to-day
steps on one side the scales, and on the
other side ore all the treasures Of the
universe, and He says:
"All are yours-all height, all depth,
all length, all breadth, all eternity; all
arc yours"
We don't appreciate the promises Of
was dying-a man very eminent in the
by his side, and the aged man looked up
and said to him:
''Can't You give me some comfort in my
dying hou ~
'tNo." said the young man. II can't
talk to you on this subject; you know all
about It, and have known it SO long"
SWELL" said the dying man, ':just re-
cite to me some promises"
The young man thought q moment, and
he came to this promise:
The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from al
sin.
And the old man clappcd his hands, and
in his dying moment said:
"That's just the promise have been
waiting for:
The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIM"
Oh, the warmth, the grandeur, the mag
niticsnce Of the promises.
Come, also. to this Gospel well, all ye
troubled. lido not suppose you have es-
capped. Compare your view of this life at
fifteen years OF ago with what your view
is Of it ut forty or sixty or seventy. What
a great contrast Of opinioni Were you
right then, or are you right nowl Two
cups placed in your hands, tho one q
sweet cup. the other q sour cup A cup
OF Joy and cup Of grief Which has been
the nearest to being full, and out Of which
have you the more frequently partakeni
What different place Green wood is from
what It used to be. Once it wac to you .
grand city improvement, and you
went out on the pleasure excursion, and
you ran laughinaly up the mound. and
you criticised in Q light way the epitaph.
But since the day when You heard the
bell toll ut the gate when yoA went in
with the procession it Is a sad place, and
there is q flood Of rushing memories that
suffuse the eye and overmaster the
heart
Oh, yon have had trouble, trouble,
trouble. g I'd only knows how much you
have had. It 10 wonder you have been
able to lve through it. IT Is . wonder
your nervous system has not boon shat
tered, and your brain has not reeled.
trouble. II could gather all
the griefs, of all sorts, from this great
audience. ana could put them in ono scroll,
neither man nor angel could endure the
recitation. Well, then. what do you want!
Would you like TO hive your property
back again!
"No," you say, as . Christian man. II
was becoming arrogant, and think that
is why tbs Lord took it away. don't
want to have my property back"
Well, would you have your departed
friends back againi
'sNo," you say, II couldn't take tho re-
sponsibility Of bringing them from tear
less realm to realm Of tears. lcouldn't
do il.
Vel, then, what do You wanta A thou
sand voices in the audience cry out:
"Comfort, give Us comfort"
For that reason have rolled away the
stone from tn, wells mouth. Come, all
70 wounded Of the dock, pursued Of the
wolves, come to the fountain whore the
Lori's sick and bcreft ones have como.
Al ~ r.1A
enough to understand SORROWS. You have
not been In the world a. long as have,
and you can't talk to me about my mis-
fortunes in the time of old age"
Well, may not have lived as long a.
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